Fire kindler



Patenteal Nov. 13, 1923.

-ulT-ED S A JOHN H. DOUGLAS, OF BRADFORD, PENNSYLV'ANIA.

EIBE KINDLER.

Application fi1ed Inne 21, 1922.

Be itknown that I, JOHN H. DOUGLAS, a citizen cf the Uniteol Statcs, rcsicling at Braclforal, in the county of McKean anal State cf Pen-nsylvania, have inventeal ce1 tain new anal useful Improverncnts in Fire Kinallers;of which the foll-owing is a spccificationreference being had thcrein'to the accompanying alrawing.

This invention relatcs to improvcments in fi1ekinallers anal more particularly to 1 wl1at I=have ter'meal an absorption burner.

The object of 'my invencion is to provialc a fire kinaller Which, is so constructcal as proviclc a fire kinaller having a novel means for assisting theoil to get' intothe kinaller anal a novel means for transporting the kinaller.

Another object of my invention is to proviale a fire kindler constructed cf soveral difl:erent materials in certain proportions whereby a fire kinaller is provialeal which Will readily absorb oil.

Other further objects anal improveal results cf my invention Will appear in tl1e accompanying drawings anal the following alcscription.

In the drawings Fig. l i a perspective view of my improveol fire kinaller.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of my improvcal invention.

Rcferring now to the drawings, l represents my fi1e kindlcr block. This block is composed of the following materials in approximately the proportion statcal, viz:

Sand 67% Ccment 25% Fire brick clay 4% Fire clay -l 4% In aalalition to thc above materials I aalal a small quantity of cotton or woolcn wastc which is alone to assist in holaling tl1e mixture together anal in giving porosity ao the block. It Will cf coursc be readily umlerstood that watcr is used in mixing thesc materials together When thc mixturc is completeal it is poured into molds to make the block into any shape or sizc desireal.

The different sizeal blocks will absorb alifl'erent amounts of oil anal I have founal by experiment that a cylindrical block 4 inchcs high anal 3 inches in aliameter abcxtenals abovc l hc block.

Serial N0. 569,817.

sorbs approximately 3 ounces cf fluial anal that a .cylinalrical block 5 inches high anal 4 inches in aliameter absorbs approximately 44 ounces cf fluial. A larger cylinalrical block 12 inches high anal 6 inches in diameter Will absorlo approximately 16 ounces cf keroscne, gasoline, cruale oil 01 otlier fluial.

lVhen ll1e kinaller block mixture is pou1eal into a molal cf ehe desireal size anal sliape I placc in t11e mixture an appi oxin1ately triangular shapeal wire 2 which l1as its upper enal bent into an cye 3, Which That -portion cf the wire within tl1c mixture is wrappeal loosely with cotton or woolen waste as ap* pears at 4. This wire anal its wrapping assist in holaling thc block in shapc anal at thc sa1nc time assist thc block in absorbing liquid by f01n1ing an avcnue cf ingress for the liquid while thc block is being cubmergeal fo1 thc purposc cf saturat- 1ng 1t.

l Tl1e cye 3 above the block l provialcs a mcans whcreby thc block can be reaalily lifteal from placc to placc by alle use of a hook 5 01' the like.

T0 use my improved lighter whcn the 1nixture is haralenecl anal When t-he lighter is formeal as shown in the accompanying drawings, the block is placed in a can fillcal with kerosene, gasoline 0T cruale oil, as alesireal, anal left in the oil for 3 or 4 hours. At the enal of this time the block has absorbeal as much cf the liquid as it Will absorlo anal can be rcmoveal from thc can anal placeal upon the stove grate o1 other P-lacc that itis intencleal to builal a fire.

Coal, wooal, or thc fuel intenalcal to bo burneal is then placeal about thc kinaller anal a match applical to thc kinallcr block. The kinaller block Will readily light because of tl1e oil which it has absorbeal anal thereby start the fuel burning. Thc length of timc that the kinallcr Will burn of course Will be regnlateal by alle sizc of thc kinallcr anal alle amount of oil Wl1ich it has al sorbeal.

In prcparing my improveal kinallcrs for shipment they will bc shippcal in an unprimeal conalition. By tl1is I mean thac immealiatcly upon the removal cf the 1nolaleal block from its molal tl1e kinallcr can be shippeal as alesircal.

From tl1c foregoing it Will be seen that I have provialeal a cheap anal eflicient firc kinaller which is susccptiblc to absorption in a composing the kindler are to be used, I wis'h;

it t0 be readily understood that materials could be used in differentproportions than those stated, without departing from the Spiritof my invantion. I have found by ex periment that the best results are obtained in using the materials in approximately Ehe proportions Whi(:h I have vspecified.

Having thus described 1ny invention what I c1-aim and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent is: V

l. As an article cf inatnuf'acture, a fire -kindler composed of a sand base,. a binder for the sand,and i1 Wire carrled within the .kindler wrapped With waste, f01' the purpose described. T 2. As an artic1e 0f manufacture, a fire kindler composed 01"? a sand base, and a cen1ent binder for the sand, 101' the purpose described.

3. As an artic1e of manufacture, a. fire kindler composed of a Sand base, a binder for the sand, a Wi1'e carried within the kindler, and tho wire wrapped with cotton 4:. As an. aiticle 0f mani1factrefa fire kindler composed of a sand base, a binder 10r the sand, a. Wire wi thin the kindler and having an extendi1ig 150rtion without the kindler, and the wire wmpped With cotton' 01 woolen waste, for the purpose described.

5. As an article.of manufacture, a fire kind1er composed df sand, fire briek clay. fire c1ay, a wire wrapped with a small quantity 0I", cotton or woollen Waste, anda binder for the materials. 6. As an article 0f ma;mlfacture a fi1e kindler comp0sed of sand, fire brick clay, fire clay, and a cement bindet f0r the materials. .7. As an article 0f manufacture, a fire kindler composed of 67% sand, firebrick c1ay, 4% fire c1ay, anc1 a cement binder constituting 25%- of ehe nlixture."

8. As an article of manufacture, 2rfire signature.

JOHN H. DOGLAS. 

